Former Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.) said Sunday on ABC's “This Week” that Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk's influence over President-elect Donald Trump “has no influence on himself.” I'm giving,” he said.
Co-host Jonathan Karl said, “You know what it's like to be part of Donald Trump's inner circle. You were part of the Inner Circle from 2016 to 2020, but about Musk. I want to ask. He's practically moved to Mar-a-Lago. My first question to you is, he's the richest man in the world. What's that about him? Are you going to become obsessed with it?”
“It's hard to understand how euphoric this is for some people, but for Elon Musk, no matter how wealthy he is, he can stand up in front of 20,000 people and say, “You can't have people repeating their names. That's the problem.” This happened to him during his campaign. ”
“How much influence does he actually have over Trump?” Kahl said. To what extent is he steering President Trump's actions? ”
Christie said, “In the beginning, anyone could have played this role for Trump, but John, if you look at the last eight years, there have been different people who have played this exact role for Trump. That's Elon.・It's different because it's a mask, but when you first started the role, you had a lot of influence and he knew you were going to be in that role. I love being there, I love listening to you, you're the best person in the world. It's always going to go down, and it's going to happen, and you're going to see it. That's going to happen with Musk.When General Kelly first became chief of staff, I used to say, “Today, you. It's trading at 100 cents on the dollar. The question is how long.”
“That's the question everyone's asking: How long will the masks last?” Karl said.
“It ends when President Trump believes something is wrong and needs someone to take responsibility, and Mr. Musk becomes the person in charge, but no one knows how long that will take,” Christie said. I don't even know,” he said.
Christie concluded that “the people at the very center of the Trump presidency have a lifespan, and that lifespan is influenced by events outside of them.”
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